Mr. Martin Gibbs of Boomer township died Monday, Jan. 18th, and was buried Tuesday. Mr. Gibbs suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days after Christmas from which he never rallied. He is survived by his wife, two brothers and one sister, Messrs. William Gibbs of the West, Thomas Gibbs of this county, and Mrs. Ella McNeill of Ferguson. Mr. Gibbs was born in 1868 and was the son of the late Confederate Veteran Thomas Gibb [Gibbs?]. Mr. Gibbs has suffered from high blood pressure for several years and had underwent treatment at Baltimore and Hot Springs, Ark.
From the front page of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Jan. 27, 1926
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